Music, dancing, good food, drinking, politics, hot loving, films, tattoos, architecture, news, going to galleries, high heels, history, street art, the internerd, travelling, being silly, wearing silly clothes. Currently appreciating the wireless esp, National Radio bFM Online: www.public address.net, Guardian, www.gofugyourself.com (Ta Rozzy!) wikipedia, kultureflash.net, playlouder.com, Podcasts: CultureUnlimited (Guardian), Trash (RIP), OurDisco,
People with good manners and bad attitudes, hot boys, brainy boys, gig goers, bar crawlers, adventurous architects and those who know how to accessorise. Someone who'll take me for a ride in their fast car? This week/decade: old friends, the over educated and under estimated, the owner of a porny 'tache (More John Holmes than Freddie Mercury). Old friends, a Mac doctor, Tina Weymouth, Josh Homme and you, maybe?
LCD Soundsytem, Stereolab, New Order, 2ManyDJs, ESG,Basement Jaxx, the Smiths, 5,6,7,8s; The Fall, Le Tigre, Kraftwerk, QOTSA, Peaches, Bob Marley; Franz Ferdinand, V.U., Donna Summer, Tortoise; PE; King Tubby, AC/DC, Depeche Mode, Can, Peej, Talking Heads, the Gossip; Parliament; Beastie Boys, Blondie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Duran Duran, Massive Attack; Sonic Youth, Dolly, Iggy & the Stooges, Ramones, oh lots.
Everything by John Waters, Hitchcock, Lynch (not Dune tho'), Almodovar, Wes Anderson & Douglas Sirk; Flash Gordon; Scarface, Pulp Fiction, Russ Meyer flicks, B-movies, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Barbarella, The Godfather, Happiness, Dark Days, Chopper, Fast Times at Ridgemount High; Brokeback Mountain,
Front Seat (Sat 8am, WTF TVNZ?); Simpsons; Outrageous Fortune; The Daily Show; Brendan off One weather, Jonathan Ross (Miss you!); random ALT tv, Campbell Live, Everybody Hates Chris, a fair bit of factual stuff. Er. Oh,really love Melrose Place. Kimberly "Flip yer frightwig" Shaw is still my fave.
The dictionary, Douglas Coupland stuff, Penguin History of New Zealand; Jonathan Coe; Peter Bagge's Hate, Various NZ art books, Murakami, kultureflash.net, Newspapers & mags; The Guardian especially; Popbitch; Vice; Rip it Up and Start Again: postpunk 1978 - 1984 is a must read.
John Waters, Colin McCahon, Aaron Spelling, Dali, Joseph Beuys, Ad Rock, Oscar Niemeyer; Coco Chanel, IK Brunell (for the Clifton bridge esp), Dolly, Witi Ihimaera, Merril J Fernando (the King of Earl Grey), Debbie Harry, Warhol, my Mum Betty.